OK techies, unlocked / jail broke phones ? ? ?

[brutal]

Carrier and contract status?

Sprint has the GS4 for $99 on contract. Love mine and it blows away the Moto I had that shit sideways twice.

[Great-Kazoo]

Who is your carrier? I'm getting ready to switch and will have a Verizon phone to sell.

Verizon

Carrier and contract status?

Sprint has the GS4 for $99 on contract. Love mine and it blows away the Moto I had that shit sideways twice.

Contract, we don't need no steenken contract. PREPAID. Was contract with V for 12 years, did M-M for 1 yr then went prepaid. NO UNIVERSAL CHARGES, TAXES, ETC.

[Circuits]

Verizon

Unless you gonna VOIP it straight up, you still need a carrier, a plan and a SIM. Verizon system compat gives you CDMA options, but only multimode phones will carry over to GSM-based SIM like ATT/T-Mobile/Europe.

If you're happy with verizon, buy a multimode unlocked or CDMA unlocked, or verizon phone. Bitch is usually the data plan to fully utilize the phone on carrier. You can use a jailbroken iPhone on ATT/T-Mobile network no problem, but unless they authorize you a data plan, it's a phone, and your data needs are served only off wifi. I used to use a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone 3Gs on T-Mobile pay-as-you go for my primary phone, but they only supported day-by-day Gen2 (EDGE/GPRS) data service to it, for an extra charge, and turned that option off over a year ago on me.

Data is the achilles heel of a smartphone to a carrier, unless you have ubiquitous wifi throughout your service area(s).

[Great-Kazoo]

Unless you gonna VOIP it straight up, you still need a carrier, a plan and a SIM. Verizon system compat gives you CDMA options, but only multimode phones will carry over to GSM-based SIM like ATT/T-Mobile/Europe.

If you're happy with verizon, buy a multimode unlocked or CDMA unlocked, or verizon phone. Bitch is usually the data plan to fully utilize the phone on carrier. You can use a jailbroken iPhone on ATT/T-Mobile network no problem, but unless they authorize you a data plan, it's a phone, and your data needs are served only off wifi. I used to use a jailbroken/unlocked iPhone 3Gs on T-Mobile pay-as-you go for my primary phone, but they only supported day-by-day Gen2 (EDGE/GPRS) data service to it, for an extra charge, and turned that option off over a year ago on me.

Data is the achilles heel of a smartphone to a carrier, unless you have ubiquitous wifi throughout your service area(s).

Don't use or need a data plan. GPS, i read a map, e-m- tablet or pc, text, vm and the tried and true (ring, ring) Hello. phone call. Which seems to be going the way of writing a letter.
I hate texting.
Especially when i receive AT WORK unable to talk now, will call you after work. unless i end up working overtime. if that happens i'll call after 9 tonight.. After all that you could have just answered the phone and asked to call later, OR go to VM

[brutal]

Don't use or need a data plan. GPS, i read a map, e-m- tablet or pc, text, vm and the tried and true (ring, ring) Hello. phone call. Which seems to be going the way of writing a letter. I hate texting. Especially when i receive AT WORK unable to talk now, will call you after work. unless i end up working overtime. if that happens i'll call after 9 tonight.. After all that you could have just answered the phone and asked to call later, OR go to VM

Sorry, I have that one programmed into my quick text for responding to rejected calls.

The one thing I miss about my Moto is the smart actions. Rules based actions like auto text replies and such. Still haven't looked at the alternative I installed.